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Delicately Durable

Stained Glass Leaves

By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished 6 months ago β€’ Updated 6 months ago β€’ 1 min read
Runner-Up in Falling Leaves Challenge
Delicately Durable
Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash

A surface of gauze

Gossamer by grand design

Strong enough to fall

Haikuinspirationalnature poetrysurreal poetry

About the Creator

Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

Telling stories my heart needs to tell <3 life is a journey, not a competition

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  1. Easy to read and follow

    Well-structured & engaging content

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    Original narrative & well developed characters

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  • L.C. SchΓ€fer5 months ago

    Well done, richly deserved place β™₯ πŸ‘

  • Beautiful! Well deserved placing in the challenge.πŸ€—

  • Lamar Wiggins5 months ago

    Excellent choice of words! I'm positive you were the only one to use 'gauze' in their haiku as a description. Feels like I read them all, lol. Congrats, Kelli!!!

  • Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! πŸŽ‰πŸ’–πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸ’–πŸŽŠ

  • Grz Colm5 months ago

    Lovely ! Congrats Kelli! β˜ΊοΈπŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

  • John Cox5 months ago

    Love the build up to the finale! Gossamer by grand design is a brilliant line! Congratulations on placing! Richly deserved!

  • Kristen Balyeat5 months ago

    Ohhhh, so beautiful, Kelli!! β€œStrong enough to fall” loved everything about this! πŸ©·πŸ™ŒπŸ½πŸ©·

  • Marilyn Glover5 months ago

    Congratulations on your runner-up win, Kelli!πŸ₯³πŸ‚

  • Back atcha girl! Congratulations!

  • Teresa Renton5 months ago

    Gorgeous! And I love the potential metaphor in this. Congratulations on your placement πŸ₯³

  • Mark Graham6 months ago

    What a great description of an autumn leaf. Good job.

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